Here's a list of 7 books that have influenced my writing in terms of voice and tone, and have taught me how use the setting as a major character, the plot as a dreamy wonderland, and the characters as beautiful creatures that are so flawed, they're perfect.
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The Bone Houses
Folkloric and atmospheric, The Bone Houses was one of the better books I've read this year.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Phantom Forest
I was in a fantasy reading slump for months - and The Phantom Forest pulled me out of it.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Mothers, Mansions, and Mayhem: Voices in the Snow
I've read other books by Darcy Coates and enjoyed them, but Voices in the Snow was disappointing. I expected more dystopian, more apocalypse, and less overdone wendigos and zombies.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Pretty Things
Surprising page-turner about mother-daughter grifters, family drama, thriller, murder, and revenge.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: The Witch Elm
It was a standard mystery, and it meandered more than it should have.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A twisty retelling of ‘Turn of the Screw’
4 stars As usual, Ruth Ware wraps you around her twisty finger and pulls you in against your will.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: Within These Walls
3 stars Cinematic as usual, Ahlborn's writing in this book was just as good as her other ones. I can't say Within These Walls is my favorite of hers or her creepiest, but it's definitely good, though not up to standards as her other books.
31 Days of Spooky Reads: A Nearly Normal Family
3 stars 18 year-old angry, rebellious, stubborn Stella is in jailed for the murder of 33-year-old Chris, businessman and millionaire. The question is: did she really murder him?
31 Days of Spooky Reads: White is for Witching
Is this a haunted house book, or are its inhabitants the ones who haunt themselves? It's hard to tell.
